Chapter 943: Already a Legend

"Well done," Ding Huan said immediately.

At the time, that red-robed cultivator had seized his Cosmic Cauldron; he had just broken through the cosmic wall's laws and feared Gan Baihe's Dao-certification might be disrupted, so he ignored the fellow.

If it hadn't been for such perfect timing, given his nature, he would have killed that red-robed cultivator outright.

Previously, he truly hadn't known his own strength's level; after killing Wen Yi, he was certain that even against two at once, he could handle those two guards of the red-robed cultivator.

"I also think it was well done, but while it was impressive, killing people from the Divine Gods Temple carries heavy karmic consequences. If a group of Liyan Saints and Wuque Saints emerge from the Divine Gods Temple…"

Guan Huan and Qiao Qianhe felt profound emotion inside.

If they had encountered such a situation, let alone a group of Liyan Saints and Wuque Saints…

Even one Liyan Saint would likely leave them waiting for death.

"At the time, everyone watching—including me—thought the people on the Seven-Realm Stone were doomed. If I had been stronger, I truly would have gone up to help kill those beasts from the Divine Gods Temple."

What no one expected was that Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wujie on the Seven-Realm Stone slaughtered Liyan Saints as easily as cutting melons and chopping vegetables; within a short time, six or seven Liyan Saints from the Divine Gods Temple were dead.

The incident exploded completely; upon hearing the news, the Divine Gods Temple mobilized over eighty percent of its Liyan Saints and Wuque Saints, plus two Zhenze Saints of the Sixth Step of the Great Dao.

Moreover, they invited powerful figures from the Da Ze Dao Gate to block Mo Wujie and Lan Xiaobu.

Mo and Lan also truly ignited their fury and showed no restraint. I saw Lan Xiaobu unleash a Great Annihilation Art that directly killed seventeen Liyan

Saints.

And Mo Wujie even slew Wuque Saints head-on—his methods were simply breathtaking.

Sigh, when will I have such techniques that I can seek revenge…

At the time, I thought both of them were true Sixth-Step Zhenze Saints.

Later, I learned they were restricted by the cosmic rules of their cultivation realm; they hadn't attained pure Dao-certification, but merely ordinary, muddled Great Dao paths.

Even with such Dao, they slaughtered Liyan Saints and Wuque Saints as easily as killing chickens and butchering dogs.

"The people on the Seven-Realm Stone, aside from Mo Wujie and Lan Xiaobu, who were absurdly strong, were all surprisingly formidable too."

"Impressive," even Guan Huan couldn't help but exclaim.

He now clearly understood the vast gap between himself and a Liyan Saint.

Lan Xiaobu and Mo Wujie, having certified their Dao in a universe bound by muddled rules, had not comprehended the Great Dao's Dao Words.

Even so, they were this terrifying—what would they become if they re-certified their Dao in the Divine Gods World?

"That's impressive?"

Geng Yuan chuckled: "The more impressive part is yet to come. When the Divine Gods Temple's Dao Word Saints saw their numbers were useless, they all turned and fled."

"Heh, I've never seen the Divine Gods Island so humiliated."

Even more unexpectedly, after driving back the Divine Gods World's group of Saints, Mo Wujie and Lan Xiaobu did not choose to leave.

They chose to pursue and keep killing; along that path, they nearly exterminated every single Saint who had attacked them.

Until they reached the outer edges of the Divine Gods World, those two were truly formidable—they actually understood barriers and jointly began tearing apart the Divine Gods World's barrier.

Had it not been for the three Cosmic Masters of the Divine Gods World and Da Ze Dao Gate being startled into action

to confront them, the Divine Gods World's barrier might truly have been torn apart."

"Are Mo Wujie and Lan Xiaobu no match for Cosmic Masters?" Ding Huan asked.

Geng Yuan's tone grew somber: "Yes, they couldn't match the Cosmic Masters; both suffered heavy injuries."

"What happened after?"

"I don't know. They fought while retreating; the Seven-Realm Stone's speed was too terrifying—the Cosmic Masters chased after them, but no one knows the outcome."

Rumors say they were devastated, but I don't believe it much.

The Divine Gods Temple lost nearly seventy percent of its strength that time; to save face, they probably deliberately spread rumors of their dire state.

But after that, no one ever heard news of them again. I specifically inquired, but got no reliable information.

In my view, as long as Mo Wujie and Lan Xiaobu aren't dead, given their audacity to slaughter a horde of Dao Word Saints from the Divine Gods Island and to attack the Divine Gods World's barrier, they will surely destroy the Divine Gods Temple someday.

Now, all outside cultivators dare not discuss Mo Wujie and Lan Xiaobu. But in their hearts—including mine—Mo and Lan are already legends.

After hearing this, Ding Huan also felt profound emotion inside.

If he could find Mo Wujie and Lan Xiaobu, and once Mo and Lan severed their Dao and certified it, the three of them together…

Even if the Divine Gods World was filled with all manner of demons and monsters, they might still uproot them all.

But it would be best to go to the Nine Layers first.

I wonder if the Dao Ancestor of the Nine Layers is the same as the one from Earth's mythological legends.

If so, inviting the Dao Ancestor to join the fight—wouldn't that be even stronger?

"Do you know the Yongshen Saint? Is he famous in the Divine Gods World?" Ding Huan remembered the Yongshen Wheel he had destroyed.

His spiritual sense fell upon the Chaos Law Sea, where his Open Heaven Nine Bamboo was wrapped in Chaos Dao Veins, pulsing with a vast, boundless energy.

Ding Huan's heart leapt with joy—this was definitely nurturing something extraordinary.

He did not use his spiritual sense to observe.

He had many items on him, but truly top-tier ones seemed few.

The Great Dao Disc was a good item, yet it held only one Dao Pearl and an empty disc body.

The Pojie Knife was still too low-grade.

It was stuck directly at the Postnatal Spirit Treasure level…

Even though he carried the Pojie Knife on his back every day, its aura hadn't risen a single bit.

Ding Huan slapped his own forehead at this thought.

He clearly knew that Pre-natal Treasures, Open Heaven Supreme Treasures, and Chaos Treasures were all born from Chaos.

Yet he carried the Pojie Knife on his back—how could it possibly evolve into a Pre-natal Treasure?

Thinking of this, Ding Huan immediately pulled out the Pojie Knife and threw it into the Chaos.

"I don't know. I was born in the World of Gods, and I've never heard of any Eternal God Sage." Geng Yuan answered honestly.

"Then at least you've heard of the Chaos Treasures—the Eternal God Wheel, right? Isn't it famous in the World of Gods?" Ding Huan continued asking.

Geng Yuan shook his head: "I've indeed heard of the Eternal God Wheel, but it's not famous in the World of Gods. Because it has never appeared from start to finish."

"What's truly famous in the World of Gods is the Great Dao Plate..."

"You're saying the Great Dao Plate has appeared in the World of Gods?"

"Yes, and it has appeared more than once at auctions in the World of Gods—not the complete Great Dao Plate, but Dao Pearls and Dao Pillars."

"Though not whole, each Dao Pearl from the Great Dao Plate that appears is auctioned for a heavenly price."

"Do you know who bought these Dao Pearls?"

Ding Huan grew excited—if he could find these Dao Pearls and Dao Pillars, it meant he would possess a Chaos Treasure, a devastating weapon.

The Great Dao Plate is different from the Eternal God Wheel.

When he obtained the Great Dao Plate, it had never been refined, and no one had ever planted Great Dao principles within it.

It must have been the owner of the hide scroll who, using the First Great Calculation Art, was the first to locate the Great Dao Plate.

But before he could refine it, he seized it away.

For a Chaos Treasure, if no tampering was done at the very beginning, it can never be tampered with later.

As for the Eternal God Sage refining the Eternal God Wheel and infusing his essence and Dao rhythm into its laws—

This method is utterly beneath notice to Ding Huan now.

The true mastery in tampering with a Chaos Treasure lies in planting one's own Dao principles when the artifact is still in its pre-artifact state.

Like the Everlasting Rune and the Eternal God Wheel, which he had decomposed.

He now possessed the main body of the Great Dao Plate, which had never been refined before, meaning it was in its most primal state—no Great Dao principles had ever been planted within it.

Therefore, no one could have tampered with the Dao Pearls or Dao Pillars.

A Chaos Treasure like the Great Dao Plate, when growing, must remain a single whole.

It must have only broken apart and scattered across the universe after some Chaos disturbance occurred.

Geng Yuan said: "Individual Dao Pearls have appeared multiple times; I can't remember who acquired them."

"But I know two people who each obtained many Dao Pearls at once: one is Elder Ju Yan of the World of Gods Temple—he is a Fifth Step, Wu Que Sage of the Great Dao."

"This man is extremely reclusive, rarely leaving his place. Even when Mo Wujie and Lan Xiaobu nearly wiped out the Fourth and Fifth Step cultivators of the World of Gods Temple, he never showed himself."

"At one auction, he used two high-grade Dao Veins to bid for eight Dao Pearls."

"The other is Min Zuo, the Guardian of the Great Principle Dao Gate—he is a Sixth Step, Zhen Ze Sage of the Great Principle Dao Gate. It's said he acquired thirty-six Dao Pearls from the Great Dao Plate all at once."

Ding Huan silently resolved he must go to the World of Gods—otherwise, he couldn't afford to lack a good artifact.

"Did Min Zuo obtain his thirty-six Dao Pearls through auction as well?"

"No. This guy killed an outsider who entered the World of Gods—this person, like Brother Ding, must have already achieved the Sage of Proclamation realm outside the World of Gods."

"During the fight, he revealed his thirty-six Dao Pearls; Min Zuo noticed them, pursued him, and ultimately killed him, ending his life and Dao."

Ding Huan cursed inwardly—how ruthless.

But he liked it. Ruthless was good—taking it brought zero guilt.

"Do you have any Dao Veins on you?"

Ding Huan had scanned some jade slips and reflected on his own observations—he suspected the Dao Veins of the World of Gods differed from his own.

"I still have one low-grade Dao Vein. When I fled, I was too hasty—I didn't have time to take anything before my father used a forbidden technique to send me out of the World of Gods."

As Geng Yuan spoke, he pulled out a ring and handed it to Ding Huan.

Ding Huan did not take the ring; his spiritual sense swept over it once, then he said: "Alright, put it away."

The Dao Veins of the World of Gods were indeed different from his own.

Geng Yuan's low-grade Dao Vein had clear Dao principles, distinct layers of rules, and even its primordial energy was purer than his own.

If compared, this low-grade Dao Vein could match his high-grade Dao Vein.

Ding Huan sighed—it was no wonder it was so hard to achieve the Sage of Proclamation realm outside the World of Gods.

The resources one is born with are simply different.

Some things are easy if you have them at birth; if you don't, acquiring them later becomes extremely difficult.

Neither he, nor Lan Xiaobu, nor Mo Wujie, had these things at birth.

They had to struggle to seize them.

Even the Dao Ancestor had to fight with overwhelming strength to claim his place.